MASTER PLAN OF

GUWAHATI

METROPOLITICAN

Guwahati :Introduction

Largest City Of ASSAM Body: Guwahati Municipal

Corporation Elevation Is 55.5 m Metro Area 960,787 square metres Official Language:

Assamese ,English Planning Agency:Guwahati

Metropolitian Development Authority

OBJECTIVES AND GOALS Guwahati City To Be One Of The Most Admired State

Capitals To Conserve Guwahati’s Sensitive Natural Environment To Develop An Integrated Intra-Urban Transport System. Well Developed Social And Physical Infrastructure Space For Efficient Functioning Of Economic Activities To Create Affordable Housing For All And Develop A City

Without Slums To Create An Image Belifting That Of State Capital To Bring In A System In The Land Development Process

DETAILED QUANTUM OF LAND

Location and Linkages :

1. Geographical Location:

2. Regional Linkages:

a. Road

b. Railways

c. Airways

d. Waterways

Geographical Location

Guwahati is situated on the southern bank of river Brahmaputra with its cardinal points as 26010′ north latitude and 92049′ east longitude.

The city is situated on undulating plain with varying altitudes of 49.5 m to 55.5 m above MSL

The southern and the eastern sides of the city are surrounded by hillocks. The central part of the city has small hillocks namely Sarania hill (193 m), Nabagraha hill (217 m), Nilachal hill (193 m) and Chunsali Hill (293 m).

The city is also covered by swamps, marshes and water bodies like Dipar Bil, Dighali Pukhri, Silsakoo bil.

Regional Linkages

Roads :

Guwahati is at the junction of National Highway 31, National Highway 37 and National Highway 40. Railways :

Airways :Guwahati airport is the largest and the busiest airport in this region, Waterways :Guwahati once was well connected to Kolkata by a regular steamer service through river Brahmaputra.

CITY STRUCTURE: EXISTINGBeing physically constrained by hills and natural bil areas, the city has sprawled in a curvilinear fashion surrounding the central area, along the main corridors towards the east and The South Old City Lies In A Horse Shoe Shaped Valley .A ribbon-like commercial-industrial mixed-use development has taken place in the south of the city along the NH-37 bypass, a corridor which has the potentials of being developed into a beautiful urban corridor.

Land Use Map Of Guwahati City

GUWAHATI METROPOLITAN AREA-2025

Land Usage of Guwahati

Classification of Land Use Zones

i)  Residential Zone ii)  Commercial Zone iii)  Industrial Zone iv)  Public/Semi-Public (P & SP) Facilities Zone v) Transport and Communication Zone vi) Green Belt Zone (Recreational and Open

Space) vii) Eco-Sensitive / Eco-Friendly Zone viii) Composite Use Zone – I ix) Composite Use Zone – II

SURVEY RESULTS OF GUWAHATI

INFERENCES

Population Growth : We can see from the population growth that it has a

remarkable rate. It is because most of the population of the region

migrates to the city in search of facilities.

Decadal Growth : The decadal population growth in Guwahati

Metropolitan Area is nearly, 37.85%, which is substantially higher than that of the National

decadal growth of 21.35%.

SURVEY RESULTS OF GUWAHATI

Population Density:The population density of 3741 is moderate. However the growth in density has been on an increasing trend as can be observed in the table given above.

INFERENCE :Guwahati is a fast growing metropolis and the most important city of the region.

Urbanization

GUWAHATI IS THE LARGEST URBAN CENTRE IN ASSAM WITH 23.89% OF TOTAL URBAN POPULATION OF THE STATE

Sex Ratio

The composition of the Guwahati City population as per the 2001 census shows that nearly 46% of the total population is Female.

Traffic Survey Results A total of 71,824 vehicles (107,819 PCUs) entered and exited at the Outer

Cordon (OC), on an average day (2004). The peak hour volume at OC stations ranged between 7.4% and 14.4% of

Average Daily Traffic (ADT). Goods modes accounted for 18.6 % of the ADT at the OC. 2.9% of the passenger modes and 7.8% of goods modes at OC were

‘through’ in nature. 25% of the goods vehicles at the OC were empty.

City Road Network arterial road network system comprising primary arterial,

sub-arterial and collector roads. The main functional roads recommended are:

− Peripheral Ring Road to enable movement of bypass traffic

− Ring Roads − City Radials/Axials − Alternative Corridors − All Purpose Roads in Central Area Overall around additional 194km of road network is

proposed to be developed over and above the existing road network. This configuration reflects the net effective carriageway requirements for traffic movements

FINANCING OPTIONS

It is advisable that: while the option of joint venture/public-private participation could also be explored in both cases.

the public infrastructure

projects

budgetary resources/government funding

commercial/residential projects

private sector participation

Approximate division of the projects cost in funding options SL NO. FUNDING OPTIONS COST OF

PROJECTS (in crores)% OF TOTAL COST

1 Revolving fund (A) 1828.97 13.54

2 Institutional finance (B) 1097.865 8.13

3 Joint Venture (C) 2817.36 20.864 JNNURM (D) 586.265 4.34

5 International funding (E) 3528 26.136 BOT (F) 1730 12.81

7 Government budgetary allocation (G)

955 7.07

8 Private Sector (H) 959.5 7.11

LAND USE ZONING PLAN

• Existing Land Use

• Land Use Plan

Land Use Zoning and Development Control Regulations

Scope Classification of Land Use Zones Land Use Permissibility Development Control Regulations Regulations for Conservation of

Heritage Buildings and Heritage Precincts

Economic Base And Work Area The Areas Of The City Has Been Divided

Into Three Tiers Tier I-Central Buisness District Tier II & III District Commercial Centres

and Community Commercial Centers Tier IV And V: Neighborhood Shopping

Centers And Housing Area Shopping Centres

Institutional Responsibility Guwahati Municipal Corporation Constituted With 34

Ward in1974. To Deal With Rapid Urbanization : A Master Plan For

Greater Guwahati Was Proposed In 1965 Under Section 10 Of Assam Town And Country Planning Act,1965.

The primary development agenda of Guwahati city is carried out by two main agencies, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and the Guwahati. Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA).

The area covered under GMDA includes the GMC area of 216 sq kms and an additional 48 sq kms.

Major Problems Artificial Flood Significant Predicament Of City.

Causes: Careless Human Activities Indiscriminate Habitation Alongside Unsystematic Of Hilly Stretches

Major Problems Traffic Congestion Unceasing Rise In

Population In Guwahati Has Created Regular Occurrence Of Vehicular Traffic Congestion .

Guwahati To Shillong National Highway Is The Most Congusted Road.

Suggestive Ground Coverage, FAR, Height

Regulations for Conservation of Heritage Buildings and Heritage Precincts

Applicability Restriction on Development / Redevelopment / Repairs etc Power to Alter, Modify or Relax Regulations Maintaining Skyline Maintaining Skyline Signs and Out Door Display Structures Composition of Heritage Conservation Committee Functions of the Heritage Conservation Committee